Part of Collection
University Archives and Manuscripts
Title
Notebook No.43
Creators/Contributors
Rights
Out of Copyright. Free use.
Collection
Papers of Sir Charles Lyell
Production Date
August 1831 - August 1831
Shelfmark (Identifier)
Coll-203/A1/43
Catalogue Record
https://archives.collections.ed.ac.uk/repositories/2/archival_objects/180201
Subjects
- Edinburgh Castle (Edinburgh, Scotland)
- Castlehill (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Description
This brown leather notebook contains Lyell's notes from London and Edinburgh, with lists including "luggage per steamboat" and packings lists, a draft of opening of a second volume, and a sketch of Edinburgh Castle hill with diagram of geological layers. Notes are written in pencil and ink, with many revisions. The front cover reads "August 1831, London, Edin[burgh]."
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